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The first picture does look like there is water damage but based on your second picture (that shows no indication of damage), I believe that your camera just made your first picture look worse.

The pure white stickers are more common but some models do have the checkered patterns. The presence of the pattern does not mean that liquid got on the sticker. If liquid did get on it, the white parts would also be pink/red in the non-grid areas.